Chocolate Poppy cakes

Name: Chocolate Poppy cakes
Yield: 24 cakes
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 200 grams best Margarine or butter; 200 grams Sugar; 200 grams Self Raising Flour; 3 Eggs; 50 grams Cocoa Powder; 2 tablespoons(about) Milk; Cheated and brought ready made chocolate frosting; Topping; Fondant Icing, brought in a red colour; Fondant Icing, brought in a dark brown colour; Icing Sugar for rolling

Amazing Lady ( Grace) @cook_12096521

West Drayton

Made these for the 11th November, as I know there will be a “ Full House” at our local watering hole at West Drayton.... to celebrate Remembrance Sunday 100 years, ...
used “ classic/ basic” recipe I have used for ages...
(Recipe shows for 24 cakes, but at the time I made enough for 48 cakes plus extras...)

Amazing Lady ( Grace) @cook_12096521

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Ingredients

24 cakes

200 gramsbest Margarine or butter
200 gramsSugar
200 gramsSelf Raising Flour
3Eggs
50 gramsCocoa Powder
2tablespoons(about) Milk
Icing Spread
Cheated and brought ready made chocolate frosting
Topping
Fondant Icing, brought in a red colour
Fondant Icing, brought in a dark brown colour
Icing Sugar for rolling

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Steps

1

Beat Margarine (or Butter), sugar until soft and smooth.(using a mixer if you have one!!)
2

Mix Self Raising Flour with Cocoa Powder, with a hand whisk, to remove lumps, in a bowl
3

Whisk lightly the eggs to a smooth mix and set aside
4

Using a mixer, add the flour/ Cocoa mix, plus the beaten eggs,to the butter / sugar mix, bit by bit until all are combined, then whisk for a further few minutes until the mix is very light and just falls off the whisk..
5

Put about a rounded tablespoon of mix into each cake cake, and cook the two trays in a medium to hot oven for ten minutes, swop the trays, turning at same time, cook for a further ten minutes, or until a skewer, inserted, comes out clean..Cool on a rack for at least 30 minutes...
6

Meanwhile roll out the red icing on an icing sugar covered board, and shape into 24 poppy shapes. Place onto foil. Add small rounds of brown/ black for centres. (Stick them on with a little water, brushed onto the surface.)Spread a small amount of chocolate frosting on top of each cake and then add the Poppy shapes, pressing down to stick them in place.
7

Box up cakes for gifting, or enjoy!!